["Ding~ Welcome to [Divine Tomb], Necromancer · Zero, please note, your current location is the first layer of the Divine Tomb!"]
["Ding~ In the Divine Tomb secret realm, challenge time is unlimited, but you only have one chance to enter the Divine Tomb. Once you die or exit the Divine Tomb midway, the Divine Tomb will be permanently sealed and can never be reactivated!"]
["Ding~ There are no specified challenge hints in the Divine Tomb secret realm; everything follows the practitioners' own exploration. Challenge begins. Good luck!"]
As the system prompts fell, Zhang Yue appeared inside an immense tomb chamber that stretched as far as the eye could see.
Before he examined the surroundings, Zhang Yue first thoughtfully replayed the few prompt-voices that had just echoed in his ears.
"Just now there were three system prompts, but… something about them feels a little strange," While Zhang Yue was still pondering,
Cherry suddenly ran out on her own without being summoned.
Circling around Zhang Yue, she mulled and said, "Master, the voice this time is a bit different."
Zhang Yue glanced at Cherry, "You noticed it too?"
Cherry circled Zhang Yue while analyzing, "In the past, the voice was like a female voice, and it was a mechanically synthesized sound, without emotion."
"The voice just now seemed human-made, like someone whispering to you secretly."
"Apart from that one 'Ding!'"
It seemed Cherry and Zhang Yue reached the same conclusion.
This Divine Tomb really was somewhat different.
Zhang Yue's attention temporarily moved away from the system voice.
He began to scrutinize the surrounding environment.
Zhang Yue found that this place was less like a tomb chamber and more like a small world.
He looked around, endless as far as the eye could see.
Countless graves lay arranged in order throughout his sight.
"No hints at all?"
Zhang Yue raised his Transcendent Staff, his gaze calmly sweeping across the mounds of graves ahead, and said, "Then let's clear the field directly."
"Everyone, excuse the disturbance!"
After speaking,
WHOOSH!
Zhang Yue spread the Angel Wings on his back, beat his wings, and soared up from the ground.
The next moment, he flew straight over those grave mounds.
At that moment, the graves on the ground began to stir where Zhang Yue passed.
Puchi!
Puchi!
One by one, withered skeletal arms stretched out from the graves.
Immediately, those arms outlined pale skeletons, people with not a shred of flesh on their bones.
As Zhang Yue tossed a scouting spell with a wave of his hand, the data of those skeletons appeared before his eyes.
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[God's Apostle] (Physical type · Lord Monster)
[Level: 300]
[Physical Attack: 9.85 million]
[Physical Defense: 5.20 million]
[Magic Defense: 4.60 million]
[HP: 420 billion]
[Skill: God's Awe (SSSSS-level)]
[Description: As apostles under the deity's throne, they once followed the first peak-era Transcendent Lord God into battles across the myriad realms. After the Transcendent Lord God · Xing Tian perished, they were entombed with him in the Divine Tomb. Even in death, they still guard the Transcendent Lord God · Xing Tian…]
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This lord monster's stats were pretty impressive.
Looking across the entire field, the whole cemetery was packed with lord-grade God's Apostles, a black, oppressive mass, like entering an ant nest, it made one's scalp tingle.
This was only the first layer of the Divine Tomb, and every encounter so far was with lord-grade monsters; not a single normal mob in sight.
Judging by this, the difficulty of this Divine Tomb was not ordinary.
What puzzled Zhang Yue, though, was that these God's Apostles only had one skill.
You must understand: at the 300 level, even ordinary small mobs usually have at least three skills.
For a lord monster to have only one skill was somewhat shabby.
Of course, Zhang Yue didn't care much.
Fewer skills meant easier fights.
Although there were no clearance hints inside the Divine Tomb and everything required practitioners to explore by themselves,
Zhang Yue could naturally deduce that the secret to clearing the first layer of the Divine Tomb must be hidden within these God's Apostles.
So there was nothing to say, he went straight at them.
Even though they were lord-grade God's Apostles, Zhang Yue did not hesitate; he activated his soul and summoned an undead legion.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless fifth-tier death servitors were summoned by Zhang Yue and placed into the cemetery, instantly engaging in slaughter with the ever-present God's Apostles.
No wonder they were fifth-tier death servitors.
Able to inherit 130%–140% of Zhang Yue's total attributes, those fifth-tier servitors were virtually invincible.
Even facing level-300 lord monsters, they were in no way lacking.
Thirty thousand servitors covered the field, almost instantly occupying the entire chamber.
In moments, a large number of God's Apostles were felled by the servitors.
Then, at that moment, the God's Apostles suddenly activated their sole skill.
SSSS-level, God's Awe!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Instantly, countless silver ripples spread throughout the tomb chamber, and all the servitors in the field were affected by this skill.
From his high position in the air, Zhang Yue saw his servitors suddenly lose combat effectiveness as if their fighting power had sharply dropped, and were ruthlessly cut down by the God's Apostles.
["Ding~ Regretfully, 34 of your fifth-tier death servitors were unfortunately slain!"]
["Ding~ Regretfully, 23 of your fifth-tier death servitors were unfortunately slain!"]
["Ding~ Regretfully, 49 of your fifth-tier death servitors were unfortunately slain!"]
["Ding…"]
In an instant, casualties exceeded three digits.
Only then did Zhang Yue grow somewhat anxious.
'What's going on?'
Zhang Yue prepared to scout.
"Never mind, too lazy to check."
He opened a video feed and forwarded the screen to strategist Ouyang Linger.
["Help me see what's going on."]
Ouyang Linger operated for a bit and soon gave a conclusion.
["The God's Apostles' SSSS-level skill, God's Awe, has a deterrent effect. Each wave of God's Awe applies a debuff to enemies within a large area: final damage reduced by 0.01%, and final damage taken increased by 0.01%."]
["Only 0.01%?"], hang Yue expressed confusion, ["Just that small an effect, can it really have such a large impact?"]
["I was referring to the effect of a single God's Awe,"] Ouyang Linger said, ["This deterrent effect can stack, and it can stack infinitely, there's no upper limit. Its effect can even cover the entire Divine Tomb secret realm. Count how many God's Apostles are on site: if they all trigger God's Awe at the same time, the deterrents can instantly stack to thousands of layers!"]
["One thousand layers would mean the affected target has 10% reduced final damage and suffers 10% increased damage taken! And that's only one thousand layers!"]
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